Trump's Face Stamped on Seized Heroin

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on Air Force One while traveling to Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. Trump is spending the weekend at Mar-a-Lago. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Scores of individually wrapped heroin packets seized during a Florida drug bust featured a certain famous likeness: that of President Donald Trump, the AP reports. According to the Tampa Bay Times, law enforcement officers seized the drugs Jan. 27 in Hernando County. Packets weren't only stamped with Trump's image and name; others bore the names or likenesses of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and Colombian cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar. Authorities couldn't explain the purpose of the markings. The drug bust netted a total of about 5,550 heroin doses. Police arrested 46-year-old Kelvin Johnson on suspicion of heroin trafficking and other charges. Authorities say Johnson came to their attention in May 2016, after the US Postal Service intercepted a package containing heroin. (Read more heroin stories.)

"It's unclear why the drugs had the president's name and face on them" HORSE PUCKEYS!! Just like when "Obama" and "Obamacare" was found stamped on heroin packets, police, the press and anyone with half a brain cell of knowledge about the drug trade knows it is done purely for MARKETING REASONS! It is a simple way for dealers to differentiate their product from others and the name/brand changes frequently due to competition and duplication. It is nothing more or less than street level capitalism.

jerrymac

Feb 5, 2017 10:47 AM CST

Hey Newser slugs, why didn't you run the story about Obama having his name brand of heroin back in 2009? http://www.upi.com/Police-seize-Obama-brand-heroin/79651232864226/ Or THIS one branded Obamacare? http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/21/us/heroin-marked-obama-care/ Or THIS one branded with Trump's name last year (before the election, of course)? http://www.mediaite.com/online/woman-arrested-for-selling-donald-trump-branded-heroin/ Well? You and your pathetic attempts to smear Trump are getting more childish all the time.